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James 1:16

First Nations Version

Do not be misled, my sacred family members.

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Knowing this, my much-loved family members, we must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.


My much-loved family, you have always followed my guidance, not only when I was with you but much more now that I am away. So then, with great respect, you must walk the path Creator has given you for being set free and made whole.


Let no one mislead you. You cannot make a fool of the Great Spirit. Whatever you plant is what you will harvest.


Make sure no one steals your faith from you with fine-sounding words spoken with hollow tongues. These people make up their own traditions as they follow the lying spirits of the ways of this world, instead of simply trusting in the Chosen One.


Keep loving each other as brothers and sisters of the sacred family.


I am making this known to you so that no humans behaving like tricksters will fool you with their smooth words and sly arguments.


Hear me, my much-loved sacred family members! Did not the Great Spirit choose the ones the world looks down on as poor to be rich in trusting and sharers together in the good road that Creator has promised to those who love him?


They have turned away from the truth, saying that the rising of the dead has already taken place, harming the faith of some.


My sacred family members, how I long to be with you. You are like feathers in my headdress, making my heart dance. I have shown you how to stand firm on the solid ground of the Chosen One. So now, my much-loved ones, stand firm!


Do you not know that the ones who wrong and cheat each other will not share in the blessings of Creator’s good road? Do not let anyone mislead you. Anyone who walks an impure path of uncontrolled desires, or anyone who prays to spirit-images, or any who are unfaithful in marriage, or weak men who let other men use them for sex, or any who abuse the sacred gift of sex with each other.


He is not the Great Spirit of the dead, but of the living! So in this matter you are greatly mistaken.”


“You are asking the wrong kind of question,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered back, “for you do not understand the Sacred Teachings or the power of the Great Spirit.


“You are asking the wrong question,” Creator Sets Free (Jesus) answered back. “You do not understand the Sacred Teachings or the power of the Great Spirit.


This group had grown into one big family, about a hundred and twenty of them, who all trusted in Creator Sets Free (Jesus), that he was the Chosen One. There were now only eleven message bearers. Speaks Well Of (Judas), the one who betrayed Creator Sets Free (Jesus), was no longer among them. Since Creator Sets Free (Jesus) chose twelve message bearers to represent the twelve tribes of Wrestles with Creator (Israel), someone had to be chosen to replace him. So during this time Stands on the Rock (Peter) stood up to speak.


My sacred family members, whenever your trust in the Great Spirit is tested, count it as a reason to dance for joy.


My sacred family members, as you trust in our bright and shining Honored Chief, Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One, do not treat one person better than another.


What good is it, my sacred family members, if a man says “I have faith,” but has no deeds to show for it? Can that kind of “faith” set him free and make him whole?


My sacred family members, not many of you should become teachers of our spiritual ways. For you know that we who teach will face a stricter judgment.


Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My sacred family members, this should not be.


My sacred family members, do not speak accusations against each other. If you do, you are putting yourselves above the law, deciding who is guilty or not. When you do this, you are acting against the law itself instead of doing what it says.


The chief thing I want to say to you, my sacred family members, is that you are not to make solemn promises. Do not promise by the spirit-world above, or by the earth below, or make a solemn promise in any other way. Your simple “yes” or “no” is enough. You may be found guilty if you say more.


My sacred family members, has any of you wandered from the truth? Has anyone helped you find the way back?





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